A St. Paul man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for grabbing a young teen as she walked down the hallway of her relative’s apartment building and raping her last spring.

A Ramsey County District Court Judge Monday sentenced Adrian Raymaar Keys, 41, to nearly 12 years in prison on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for the assault, according to court records.

Adrian Raymaar Keys

Two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and a kidnapping charge previously facing Keys were dismissed as part of a plea deal reached in his case with the state.

His attorney, public defender Patricia Hughes, could not be reached for comment.

Keys and an accomplice pulled the 14-year-old girl into a unit inside a West Side apartment complex on the 60 block of West George Street last May 23 as the teen was walking to her cousin’s apartment to retrieve her phone, according to the criminal complaint.

Once inside, the men took off her clothes and sexually assaulted her.

The girl later told police that her perpetrators smoked methamphetamine during the attack and occasionally blew it in her mouth.

When it was over, they threw her a $20 bill and left, the girl told officers.

She left the money behind and eventually disclosed what happened to her mother, who took her to a hospital for a sexual assault examination.

The teen told police that she had seen her attackers inside her cousin’s apartment building a few days before when they complimented her and a friend as they danced and sang inside the complex.

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